A Baby is Born

 

This morning Benedict was scheduled to preach at the Chisamba Community Church.  Before we left, he was over at the internet.  A call came from Christine saying that Judy, one of the Chimwemwe Ladies who was very pregnant, was not feeling well and might be in labor.  They were asking me, Kathleen to take them to the hospital.  However, my car was too low on gas, so Benedict left the internet to pick them up.  First he picked up Christine and they went to Judy's house to pick her up.  Benedict waited in the car and was getting a little nervous since he knew we had to get to church on time.  After a little bit, here came Christine carrying a bundle wrapped up with several blankets!  When Christine had arrived, at that very moment, the baby arrived!    So Benedict took the minutes old baby and mother and Christine to the hospital so that she could be checked.  By the middle of the day she was back home.  She may have had to ride a blue bus back to her village, I'm not sure.

 

This evening as we returned from Lusaka, Sena and I stopped to see the baby.  As with all new babies here, he was bundled up with 3 or 4 blankets, a little hat on, and buried so deep in all the covers that you could hardly see him.  I will go back with a gift and with my camera later this week so I can take a picture.